P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 402c
All personnel; real, movable and intellectual property; treatment, rehabilitation or any other type of centers; programs; unused appropriations or other Commonwealth, federal or any other funds in the hands of, and under the custody of the Department of Addiction Services, are hereby transferred to the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration; except that all of the functions, faculties and powers conferred on the Department of Addiction Services by §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 24, known as the “Puerto Rico Controlled Substances Act”, to distribute, dispense, manufacture and prescribe controlled substances for medical use; investigate every violation of a criminal or administrative nature of that Act; supervise the manufacture, distribution, dispensing and delivery of any controlled substance included in classifications II through V of these sections, as well as the seizure of controlled substances for medical use and property related to the unauthorized possession of controlled substances for medical use, are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Health.
The funds needed to continue the services contemplated in this chapter, shall be appropriated in the General Budget of Expenses of the Government of Puerto Rico, to the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration and to the Department of Health, correspondingly.
History —Aug. 7, 1993, No. 67, § 4, eff. 60 days after Aug. 7, 1993.